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British Astronaut to Run London Marathon Aboard International Space Station The London Marathon is an annual event anticipated by most British health enthusiasts and foreign athletes alike. This year, the London Marathon is going to be unique because one of…

{$inline_image} Chernobyl and Fukushima: Illuminating the invisible 30 years after Chernobyl and five years after the triple meltdown at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, the shadows of both disasters still loom large. In the wake of Fukushima, I joined…

Gaming Science: Character Roles Affect Players’ In-Game Decision Making, Study Shows A new study by researchers from North Carolina State University suggests that character roles in a narrative role-playing game (RPG) affect the players’ behavioral response when facing multiple choice…

Study Confirms Link Between Obesity and Cancer American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) and the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) released a report today affirming that processed meats, alcohol and obesity are linked to cancer. Source: Natures Talk Show via…

Race to Mars: Europe, China, and NASA Compete to Explore the Red Planet Conquering Mars, also known as the Red Planet, is the latest objective of international space agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency…

Staying Indoors Might be Killing You, Here’s How With the increase of air pollutants in our environment sometimes we tend to just stay at the comfort of our home, but a new study shows that the air we breathe inside…

{$inline_image} Wildfire in Cocke County, Carolina has been Tamed in Multiple Ways A few days ago, a devastating forest fire in Cocke County, Tennessee, had burnt over 1,500 acres of forest. It has prompted the Tennessee Department of Transportation to…

6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Ecuador Anew Following Major Quake Ecuador was hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake early Wednesday, a few days after a major earthquake battered the country and killed nearly 500 people. Source: Natures Talk Show via Nature…

Alert! Half Of The Great Barrier Reef Now Dead, 93 Percent Bleached There’s trouble brewing at the iconic Great Barrier Reef in Australia. A recent study shows that almost half of the reef, mostly in the Northern part, is practically…